tuesday, november 30, 1999
Should a Person bring a contagion to work? by Jet-x.com
After one week of being in the same office, Brian Wiklem is still sick from contact with BT-Man. BT-Man (BioToxic Man, Alben Pedroso) infected a few people at the office, and has no remorse whatsoever. Now Brian's family is sick.

[this story pulled]

monday, november 29, 1999

The Mystic Tricia Gray Interview
Final week to turn in all Tricia Gray Questions, we will also be giving information about how to Win a Date with this infamous female of games. Click here to submit questions.

Russ Sabin's Quote of the Week
"my mind is always open, but my door isn't"

sunday, november 28, 1999
Alexander Neff is Married
Although the polls showed that Julius was to marry Polly, Alexander Neff is a married man and should be congratulated.

saturday, november 27, 1999
Ashief Hakik's Birthday is Today!
Celebrating his Quarter of a Century of living is none other than the King of Idiots and "The Chief". We'll give you more party information when we have it.

friday, november 26, 1999
Unreal Tournament and NBA2K
Don't forget that Tomorrow at the Great Mall is the Unreal Tournament and the NBA2K Tournament.

thursday, november 25, 1999
Dreamcast reaches 1 Million Mark
The figure comes six weeks ahead of corporate predictions and before the official holiday season even gets into full swing. According to NPD Group of Port Washington, NY, it took PlayStation one and a half years to reach this figure. Dreamcast is also smashing records in Europe since it was launched on October 14. More than 400,000 have been sold in the territory – again surpassing company estimates. Software is also flying off the shelves as the company reports a 3:1 software to hardware sales tie ratio, which is also expected to continue through the holiday season. "Dreamcast's milestone is the interactive entertainment industry's equivalent to having a record go platinum or having a movie reach the $100 million mark," beamed Chris Gilbert, senior vice president of sales, SoA. "By hitting the one million mark, it's clear that the Dreamcast consumer has moved beyond the hardcore gamer and into the mass market."

wednesday, november 24, 1999
Ron Allen's Birthday
Today, Ron is celebrating his Quarter of a Century of living. If you see this man, make sure you congratulate him and let him know that no one thinks he'll live 'til 26.

Jo Aragones Going away Party
Don't forget that tonight is Jo's Going Away party as he is leaving for 3DO.

Shelley O'Connor Waived
One of the most popular employees of Third Party was sent into Free Agency Yesterday.

tuesday, november 23, 1999
i2e2 Unreal Tournament and NBA2K Touranment
Here is the date for the Unreal Tournament and NBA2K Tournament this week at The Great Mall.
San Jose, CA - Great Mall
Saturday, November 27th 11:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 28th 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
If you're good at NBA2k they're giving away a Dreamcast to the winner, but you'll probably already have one if you win the Tournament. The winner of the Unreal Tournament will win $1000.

monday, november 22, 1999
Third Party Test Initiation Photos by Robert Hernandez
You think it's easy to be a tester in Third Party? Do you have what it takes? After you read this story, you may not think you can make it.
Click here for full Story.

sunday, november 21, 1999
Twisted Metal 4 Released!
The most anticipated game of the holidays has just released and you are going to have to run out and get it. Don't forget to go out and buy Twisted Metal 4 and make everyone happy! You know you can't live without it.

saturday, november 20, 1999
Win a Trip to San Franciso!
Dailyradar.com is offering a trip to San Francisco. Click here to enter.

friday, november 19, 1999

The Mystic Tricia Gray Interview
Don't forget that time is running out to submit your questions for this highly anticipated interview. We will also give the requirements to "Win a date with Tric 'the dish' Gray" Contest. Submit your questions here.

Russ Sabin's Quote of the Week
"Sometimes the more you try and change a situation the more it changes you"

thursday, november 18, 1999
Joe Aragones Leaves for 3DO
It wasn't that long ago when Joe Aragones held the title of "permanent temp" in the 1st party Test Department. Under Mark Pentek's Reign it seemed like he would never become perm, but now after finally becoming Perm in his department, he is offered the world at 3DO. We are going to miss this "Permanent Temp" and he can't be replaced. Announcements of his going-away party is as follows:

In case you did not know, Jo Aragones is ending his 4 year relationship with Sony and moving on to the much greener pastures. To mark this monumental moment in the history of the interactive entertainment industry, you are invited by Joseph to attend a going away party in his honor. The gathering will take place on Wednesday, November 24th at 6:15 PM until we close Scores: The Legendary Sports Bar in Foster City (650-357-1998). You do not need to bring gifts, just bring memories and photos. You may bring a guest or two. The host's only request is that someone gives him a ride home, volunteers (that live around Sunnyville) can call me at 650-349-1203, and is not responsible for the evenings events or the morning after. Despite the fact that Jo now makes enough money to afford a nice car, we all would be safer if he stayed off the road (please volunteer).

wednesday, november 17, 1999
From Fatbabies.com
Two hundred illegal alien workers were fired from Nintendo's North Bend, Washington distribution facility after the FEDS found they were immigrants. The distribution center is Nintendo's shipping hub in North America. The aliens were scooped up, sealed inside a canister, and set adrift on the Puget Sound.

tuesday, november 16, 1999

Ron Allen's Snack of the Week by dry
Ron can't get enough of these things. Not a single day will go by without Ron eating at least one of these scrumptious chocolate candy bars. Word has it that Ron use to eat these all the time while we worked in test even though the product wasn't even out yet. Mmm mmm mmm.

Eidos Party News
By Popular Demand, we have news from bimbos in San Francisco. If you have ever been to the biggest Open Bar of year sponsored by Eidos, then you know what happened last Thursday. Many Stars were seen including Kelly Flock, connie Booth, Ami Blaire, Tina Kowaleski, Ron Allen, and Andrew House. However, the only real story is that Mike Foster was not wearing his wedding ring, which he conviently lost....

monday, november 15, 1999
Corey Strock's Award Winning Sick Call
If you ever want the day off, take a lesson from Corey Strock as he demonstrates how not to call in sick.
Click Here for the impressive Call

Chuck Delay's Theme Music
It's official. Chuck Delay is the Supervisor for the SCEA night crew and he's so important that his Theme Music has to play when he enters the test area.
Listen to his Theme Music here.

sunday, november 14, 1999

Repost: Kelly Flock Interview exclusive!

The interview that all of 989 Studios has been waiting for and it is a great priveledge for a modest Online Magazine like this to have this exclusive interview. We want to thank Kelly Flock, the President of 989 Studios for taking the time to answer all the questions because we all know that time is money.
Click here to read the exclusive interview.

saturday, november 13, 1999
Square from magicbox
According to an internet between Yoshitaka Amano and Gamespot, Square currently has no plans to develop for Nintendo platforms, including Dolphin, Amano himself is in charge of the image, illustration designs in Final Fantasy IX, and he will continue to work for the future FF series. Square is planning to develop server type online games in the future like Ultima Online, and they don't have any plans for a sequel of Xenogears, because part of the staffs who in charge of this game have moved to Namco's new company Monolith. (From GameSpot)

friday, november 12, 1999
Sony's Q1 Line-up from fgnonline.com
PlayStation: Sony of America has revealed its initial software line-up for the first quarter of 2000, which includes the European smash hit racer, Colin McRae Rally. The other two titles revealed by Sony were Tomba! 2 The Evil Swine Return, scheduled to ship January 18 and Hot Shots Golf 2, due for release March 7. Colin McRae Rally is slated to ship on February 15. "Our varied base of PlayStation consumers are always looking for interesting new software titles, and with our strong first quarter line-up, we are definitely giving them much to look forward to in the new year," said Ami Blaire, director, product marketing, SCEA. "With a PlayStation in more than one out of every five households in the U.S., it is important that we continue to deliver quality software for a broad audience. This will be especially true early next year, when the millions of new gamers who will purchase a PlayStation during this holiday season will begin building their software library."

Christian Davis' Quote of the Week
While watching Chad choking, Christian offered, "I thought losing your gag-reflex was the first thing you learned when you became an Assistant Producer?"

thursday, november 11, 1999
Nintendo Plans to Make a Big Splash with the Dolphin
You didn't think Nintendo was just sitting idly by letting Sony get all the console press, did you? Not a chance! At a recent event at the Electronics Entertainment Expo '99, Nintendo of America President Howard Lincoln officially announced plans for Nintendo's next-generation console - codenamed "Dolphin." Officially, Nintendo is planning for a year 2000 release of their new platform, but industry buzz has revealed that some of the components are behind schedule, so a released date of sometime in 2001 is more likely. Some of the upcoming console tech specs were also revealed; the Dolphin will use an IBM 400Mhz CPU, a Matsushita DVD-ROM drive, and a proprietary graphics engine called "ArtX". As is quickly becoming standard issue for consoles, Dolphin will also be "Internet-ready" and support multi-player gaming. As a matter of fact, word on the street is that the mastermind behind the Mario and Zelda franchises - Shigeru Miyamoto - is planning on a massively multi-player game (a la Everquest) based on the Zelda universe! Preliminary pricing places the Dolphin in the $150 to $200 range, but since the launch of the console is so far off that is certainly subject to change. Details on the Dolphin are scarce at best, but if you want the latest official word from Nintendo, go to http://www.nintendo.com.

Eidos to have yearly Launch Party Tonight
The Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation World Premiere Party awaits you! Align with the stars at the most exclusive pre-millennium event of the season. Lara Croft and Eidos Interactive invite you to the world premiere party celebrating the release of Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation. Bimbo's is the place so start scrambling to get tickets to this event. Stars to be seen are Sam Villaneuva and Tricia Gray.

wednesday, november 10, 1999

The Mystic Tricia Gray Interview
She is the most talked about female in the industry and she definitely has the most charm. You may have heard stories and faery tales about this game girl, but now is the time for her to set the record straight. She wants you to ask her what everyone in the world wants to know but was afraid to ask. We are now fielding questions for this highly anticipated interview. It is also possible that we will have a "Win a Date with Tric 'The Dish' Gray" after the interview is over, so send in your questions NOW!

Jim Harper Ties the Knot with Ronnie
One of the most well liked employees of SCEA has got hitched last Saturday. Jim and Ronnie Harper are now official and they expect presents from everyone. Make sure you congratulate him when you see him.

Dennis Chang to Join 3D0
Now adding to the strange relationship between SCEA and 3DO is Dennis Chang who will start work there on the 15th. Please congratulate him on his new career as Assistant Producer.


Ryan Eames has a Secret he doesn't want to tell you
It may be no surprise to you that Ryan is a fan of the Castrol district of San Francisco. However, it's a secret that he's never told... Until now... His favorite things to do are 1) Play Video Games and 2) have Jay Vo speak into his "Mic". Jay loves to sing and can usually be found on Johnny Choi's "mic", but he decides to take a break and sing with Ryan.

tuesday, november 9, 1999

Kelly Flock Interview exclusive!

The interview that all of 989 Studios has been waiting for and it is a great priveledge for a modest Online Magazine like this to have this exclusive interview. We want to thank Kelly Flock, the President of 989 Studios for taking the time to answer all the questions because we all know that time is money.
Click here to read the exclusive interview.

monday, november 8, 1999
Koei Gets Seoul
Industry: Winback: Covert Operations, and PlayStation2 Kessen developer, Koei, is making a two-pronged assault on the Korean and Japanese markets as it plans to offer online games simultaneously in both of the Asian territories. The Nihon Keizai Shimbun Monday morning edition reported Koei's plans to create a subsidiary company in South Korean capital, and former Olympic host city, Seoul. The subsidiary company, to be called Koei Korea, will create Web sites to promote the new business. Many of Koei's games are based around East Asian culture, for example the weapon based fighter Dynasty Warriors, in which players choose to plays one of 10 legendary heroes, who fought to establish a new dynasty in 3rd century China. This common cultural strand has led to Koei's games enjoying a popular niche amongst the Korean gaming community which the company is obviously eager to explore. The Korean site is set to be active in April with a Japanese Website, which will be used for mail-order sales of games as well as transmission of game software, planned for December.

sunday, November 7, 1999
[this story pulled]

saturday, November 6, 1999
Repost of original Proper English Moment
Check thursdays news for this momentous event. Also, list to the phone message we received in response to this story from Don Vercelli.
Click here to hear the Donald Vercelli Phone Message.

The Whole Enchilada by Yoyou
Many of you have wondered why the videos and story disappeared and then suddenly reappeared here on Gamelord.org. Well, in order to fully succeed in our special report about Don Vercelli, Gamelord.org had to "play along" with the events that have been unfolding by the hour. News got back to Gamelord.org at 4:30pm Thursday November 4, 1999 that the powers-to-be at 989/SCEA were not too pleased with the undercover footage of Vercelli "the mouth" running amock among the hardworking studio employees. Word got back that "corrective" measures would be taking place, and Gamelord.org "played" along with this story in an attempt to continue to expose the Language Teacher in further exclusive interviews. Don Vercelli had these words of wisdom to share with all those who dare challenge his Foosball authority Opponent Brian Wiklem claims that isn't him in the video, nor was it his video camera. When questioned, Brian Wiklem responded " That's not me, I'm not that fat!" Brian assures Gamelord.org he was taking care of his son at home the day the video was filmed, and he has absolutely no recollection of a game involving money taking place with Vercelli ever. This series of articles was not sponsered by Jet-X.com

friday, November 5, 1999
Apology From Gamelord.org Regarding Yesterday's Story
We would like to sincerely apologize for yesterday's story about a Proper English Moment with Donald Vercelli. We did not intend to offend anyone or any parties with this story. If you found this to be offensive, we are sincerely sorry for any inconvenience we might have caused you. The subject, Donald Vercelli, did not know that he was being taped or recorded. It is not our intent to videotape anyone without their consent and again, we apologize for any inconvenience. If you haven't seen the movies, we have them here. 1 2 3 4 5

Kelly Flock Interview exclusive!

Now that everyone is watching to see the next episode, Send in your Kelly Flock Questions. Today is the last day to send in your questions and make this legend squirm in his seat. Send in the most revealing questions you have. Click here to send us your goods.

Russ Sabin's Quote of the Week
"Knowing your place is better than knowing everything"

Industry Inside Perspective
Here's an interesting link to a website from a former Industry employee. Click here.

thursday, November 4, 1999
Proper English Moment with Donald Vercelli
Many of you know Donald Vercelli because he is an employee of 989 Studios. What many people don't know is that Donald is a master of communication. He is an expert in the field of the English Language. Today, Donald would like to teach you proper etiquette in sportsmanship. Donald is going to act out each situation as he is playing Brian Wiklem at Foosball in the lunch room. Each of the following movies shows Donald Vercelli teaching Brian Wiklem the proper way to act in each situation.

Situation: Always act like a gentleman. Click here.
Situation: When Don thinks people are disturbing his game, he does this to politely ask them to leave the area. Click here.
Situation: When you win a game, it's important to show good sportsmanship as Don does here. Click here.
Situation: When there is a problem with the game, here is the proper way to use an excuse. Click here.
Situation: Show respect to the audience. Click here.
Situation: Never accuse the opponent of cheating. Click here.
Situation: Tell your opponent he's playing well. Click here.
Situation: More good sportsmanship. Click here.
Situation: Let people know you like them. Click here.
Situation: Don't complain about losing. Click here.
Situation: Let opponent know his strategy is good. Click here.

By the way, Brian wants you to know that he beats Don's ass at foosball. And Don may not have known that he was on camera.

wednesday, November 3, 1999
While Steve Jobs Gently Weeps
While Microsoft seems to be poised for a bit of a disappointment with their apparent entry into the world of the gaming console, Apple is currently taking it directly on the chin in their attempts to make the Macintosh a viable gaming platform. Game developers, who were originally snowed by a sound-bite spouting Steve Jobs, apparently have come to the unfortunate realization that Apple seems to be more interested in color schemes these days than seriously supporting the gaming community. Developers have claimed that Apple has reneged on their promises for technical support and hardware, making it next to impossible to stick to a project plan when developing games for the Mac platform. To add insult to injury, one of the most anticipated titles for the Mac -- Half Life -- has recently been cancelled. The folks developing the Apple version decided that it wasn't cost-effective to go through all the annoyances necessary to bring the Mac version up to PC standards, so they just dumped the project. And despite the protestations of some of the Mac-faithful, I think they made the right choice.

tuesday, November 2, 1999

Kelly Flock Interview exclusive!

Now that Twisted Metal 4 is done and off to DADC, we finally have time to finish the Kelly Flock Interview. This is the final week that we will be fielding questions for this legend of the Industry. Don't miss out on this historic event. Hurry as this offer is running out. So Julius this means that I NEED your questions now. Click here if you want to submit questions for the Interview. Yeah that means you, Don!

From Ryan Eames - Did someone say Cha-Ching?
Akibang announced that they will be releasing a new color handheld system called Game Axe Color, this system will be able to play all the 8-bit Nintendo Famicom titles, that means you can enjoy all the classic 8-bit Famicom titles on this handheld machine, without having to wait till the games been ported over to Gameboy Color, such as Super Mario Bros or Dragon Quest 1 & 2. Game Axe Color will be coming out in Asia this fall. One note is that this machine is not compatible with the US version of 8-bit NES system, because the cartridge size is different from the Famicom cartridges.

monday, November 1, 1999

Coming Soon to a Theatre Near You - Halloween Edition
Mathilda (played by Julius Willis), a twelve-year-old girl living in New York City, doesn't much care for her parents, but she has a close bond with her four-year-old brother. One day, she returns from running an errand to discover that most of her family, including her brother, have been killed in a raid by corrupt DEA agents led by Jim Buck. Mathilda takes refuge in the apartment of her secretive neighbor, Leon (Mike Riccio), who takes her in with a certain reluctance. She discovers that Leon is a professional programmer. Wanting to avenge the death of her brother, Mathilda makes a deal with Leon to become his protégée in exchange for work as a domestic servant, hoping to learn the art of programming and take out the men who took her brother's life. However, an affection develops between Leon and Mathilda that changes his outlook on his life and career. In his lifelong ambition, Mike explains, "you can't find any good child porn anywhere." Click here for more information on the great Mike Riccio's Halloween Havoc.

Sega Introduces Online Contact for Dreamcast Owners Wondering what to do with that modem that included with your Dreamcast? Well, fire it up because Sega has announced that they've now implemented some new downloadable gameplay elements for Sonic Adventure that are available via the Sega Dreamcast Network. New downloadables and online activities include the Sonic World Rankings (allows you to see how you stack up with other Sonic players), holiday-themed level enhancements for Sonic Adventure, and entry into the Sonic 2K Contest. In order to take part in the Sonic 2K Contest, participants will download special Sonic levels and compete against other gamers for the fastest times. Prizes will include one year of free Internet access from AT&T WorldNet, subscriptions to the Official Dreamcast Magazine, T-shirts, and Dreamcast games. The competition is scheduled to take place between Oct. 15 and Jan. 14. Other Sonic Adventure online features are planned for the near future such as online Chao Race Rankings and a Chao Breeder's Guide. For more information, head on over to http://www.sega.com.

sunday, october 31, 1999
Happy Halloween!
Gathering of Developers aka GOD has announced they are beginning development on the blair witch project video game. Too late for halloween though.

Gaming Tournament Site MyLeague.com Launches
Think you're ready to run your own online gaming league? Well, thanks to MyLeague.com, you'll no longer have to rely on the publishers to set up organized online competition for you. Case's Ladder has announced that its game league creation site - MyLeague.com - has been officially launched and will allow gamers to set up and run their own online gaming league for free! MyLeauge.com will offer the league participants a ladder ranking system, statistics, multiple tournament formats (such as single elimination, etc.), live chat sessions, and up to 1,024 participants per tournament. League administrators will need no programming experience, and will have their leagues publicized throughout the MyLeague.com network. Well, what are you waiting for?! Hurry over to http://www.myleague.com for more details.

saturday, october 30, 1999
Willie Wat and Alexander Neff in SF; Julius to have party
Willie Wat and Alexander Neff are touring San Francisco this weekend. Keep an eye out for them. Julius is to have his yearly Haloween party tonight, however, Julius will most likely not attend his own party in typical Julius Fashion.

friday, october 29, 1999
Julius.org
Many people have disgraced this website by calling it Julius.org. However, the truth is, there is a Julius.org and the URL is http://www.jcwillis.com/jwillis2/julius_iii.html Make sure you check out this wonderful site.

thursday, october 28, 1999

Baz Pringle Crushes Julius Credement Willis III
In our features section is new photos from Nikola Trifunovic. And for as much trash talk from Julius Willis as he let fly, you'd expect that this match would be close. Julius calls out Baz, his boss, and claims that he could beat him with Calypso in Twisted Metal 4. Click here for the full story.

wednesday, october 27, 1999
Dave Lee Proves Car is not Dent Resistant
Yesterday, Dave Lee of SCEA set out to prove that his car, a Mitsubishi 3000GT, could withstand a pounding from a guy riding a bike. His search was successful as he rams his car into the biker. In a mild ramming, only Dave's ego was hurt. The guy riding the bike was ok but had to be taken to the hospital. No blood was spilled in this tragic accident. In the end, Dave doesn't prove his car is industructible, instead he proves the opposite. "Buffy told me that biker was a vampire!" says Dave. "I was doing it for all mankind."

Rumor: Bernie Stolar and THQ from fatbabies.com
Word is ex-Sega COO Bernie Stolar is headed over to THQ to be their next president. He was spotted at the ECTS Show in London during early September smoozin' it up with the boys from THQ. Although he made his rounds to most of the big game publishers, the folks at THQ seemed entranced by his abrasive style and frequent use of the word "fuck." It is said they offered him the position immediately... THQ has refused to comment.

X-Box to battle Sony from gaming-age.com
The WSJ ran a lengthy article today about Microsoft's rumored X-Box. Apparently, Microsoft has been considering pouring billions of dollars into the X-Box, if it goes forward, as a final decision to actually make the X-Box has not been made. Some interesting tidbits were that it appears that an Intel Chip looks less likely and the AMD Athlon looks more like the CPU of choice. The X-Box would not apparently be using Windows CE, but a hybrid of Windows 98 and Windows NT that MS has developed for non-PC applications. The WSJ expects that the X-Box would launch in the fall of 2000 at a price of $299, mainly to steal the thunder from the launch of the PS2.

News: 989 Studios Continues PSX Run from gamepro.com
Certainly worth celebration by 989 Studios is the fact that their Syphon Filter game for the Sony PlayStation(r) has been at the top of the best-seller videogame charts since February of this year, when the title launched. This is confirmed by the September TRSTS Report from the NPD Group. And what do you experience with this title? How about interactive environments, high-speed subways where dodging becomes an art form, deadly terrorists and explosions a'plenty. You find yourself in Special Agent Gabriel Logan's world, via a third-person perspective, and you must find a way to halt the biological terrorism and get inside the organization that created the "Syphon Filter" virus. Learn more about this "bug" at www.989studios.com.

tuesday, october 26, 1999
SNK vs. Capcom Uncovered from fgnonline.com
Dreamcast: A list of characters set to feature in the hugely-anticipated upcoming fighter SNK vs. Capcom has been unearthed by IGNDC. The arcade fighter has a vast reservoir of famous characters from which to draw its fighter line-up. Take names such as Blanka and Chun-Li for example - who doesn't know who they are?
SNK Kyo Iori Mai Shiranui Terry Bogard Raiden
CAPCOM Ken Ryu Guile Chun-Li Zangief Blanka
Apparently FGNonline is not a big fan of the Fatal Fury Series, since they claim that Raiden is a "new" character. Anyone who knows of Fatal Fury knows of this masked wrestler.

Mike Riccio's Quote of the Week
At the TM4 dinner last night, Mike again offers the Quote for the week.
"Dude, why don't you put on some pants or something?"

monday, october 25, 1999
StarCraft Gals a Sham...
One of the biggest hoaxes played in the history of online games is revealed recently as a team of "girls" known as the SCgals reveal themselves to be boys. The StarCraft Gals became the most popular clan on the planet and battle.net due to the attraction that they may have been women. The attraction of playing a girl had made many players join other clans in time for scheduled Tournaments with the SCGals. The SCGals had one of the best records knocking off many clans in Broodwars including the illustrious ']['ransformer clan. A player named Tom Brokaw (Named after the newsman) masterminded this project and used pictures from Personals Sites as pictures of the members themselves. Tom Brokaw announced that some of these pictures were from the Lesbian section. He also goes on to announce that he meant no harm to women or anyone else and says that his real clan could not get challenges from anyone. He says that as soon as the SCGals started he received too many challenges. Tom Brokaw has also made a list of the players that harrassed the SCGals for being girls. He documented these accounts and they should be appearing all over the internet shortly.

TLC Blamed as Mattel Suffers from fgnonline.com
Industry: Mattel's May '99 acquisition of The Learning Company has been blamed for the world's largest toy company's dismal Q3 financials. Mattel has hastily warned investors to expect a similarly disappointing Q4 performance, but the warning seems to have come too late - the company has been named in shareholder lawsuits claiming investors were misled about the health of the firm. Mattel's 42 percent Q3 earnings drop was directly related to a $105 million loss suffered by the Learning Company, which was acquired for $3.8 billion back in May and was originally expected to earn $50 million for the period. Industry analysis has been damning, with blame being heaped on Mattel's upper management. Institutional investors were apparently "stunned" that Thursday's announcements did not include management changes, shown by a comment from Credit Suisse First Boston analyst Martin Romm who declared, "I think management at the Learning Company has to be held accountable."

TC Chang's work displayed by TC Chang
Announcing a LIVE Web cast concert, featuring this year's "Album of the Year" Grammy winning artist: Lauryn Hill! Flatland Online will be providing a virtual concert hall in which you can view the event on Monday, Oct. 25. I am Art Directing the 3D site/ 3dml project, so it'll be an opportunity for you to see my latest works. Hope you can tune in, and help us celebrate this break through for our company! The concert and Flatland's Rover 3D plug-in are both free! You'll need the Flatland Rover plug-in and a video application such as Real Player or Window's Media Player to view this experience. Installation instructions will be provided on the web site. Information on the event is below: You'll be able to enter the virtual arena a few days before the concert, so check in on the site (http://www.flatland.com or http://www.altavista.com) and pre install the plug-ins you need to view Lauryn Hill's concert on the 25th of Oct.! Best regards, -Tc

sunday, october 24, 1999

KISS Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child from gamesiege.com
WWW.gamesiege.com has an exclusive screen shot of the upcoming KISS Psycho Circus. Make sure you check out their website for the full story.

EA Releases Second Quarter Results
REDWOOD CITY, CA --(INTERNET WIRE)-- Electronic ArtsTM (NASDAQ: ERTS), the world's largest interactive entertainment software company, today announced its results for the second fiscal quarter ended September 30, 1999. Second Quarter Review: Net revenues for the second quarter were $339 million, a 38 percent increase compared to $246 million reported for the same quarter of the prior fiscal year. Net income increased 69 percent to $18.1 million in the second quarter, compared to $10.7 million reported last year before a one-time, pre-tax charge of $41.8 million. Diluted earnings per share increased 65 percent to $0.28 from $0.17 reported excluding the one-time charge, in the same quarter of the prior fiscal year. First Half Review: For the six-month period net revenues were $525 million, an increase of 24 percent compared to $424 million reported for the same period a year ago. Net income increased 29 percent to $20.5 million for the six months, or $0.32 per share on a diluted basis, compared to $15.9 million, or $0.25 per share on a diluted basis excluding the one time charge in the prior fiscal year. During the quarter, the Company released 17 new products on three different platforms. New products shipped included six for the PC, seven for the PlayStation® and four for the Nintendo® 64. Top selling new releases during the quarter included: Command & ConquerTM Tiberian SunTM and NHL® 2000 for the PC; Final Fantasy® VIII, Madden NFLTM 2000, WCWTM Mayhem, NASCAR® 2000, NHL® 2000, NCAA® Football 2000 and Sled StormTM for the PlayStation; and, WCWTM Mayhem, Madden NFLTM 2000, and NASCAR® 2000 on the N64TM.

saturday, october 23, 1999
Battle Tanx: Tanx a lot
You know you've done something great when your website or the commercial for your videogame is the target for a cease & desist court order from one of the giants of the industry. So what does 3DO do for an encore to their great BattleTanx commercial featuring that lovable Treddy Bear? You're damn right. Wheel that little ball of fluff back in front of the camera for BattleTanx: Global Assault and say to hell with the watchdogs and grumpy old coots of corporate America. Whether he looks like Snuggles or not, that little bear sells games when he's getting shredded with enough explosives to blow up a battleship.
See the commercials here. part 2 and part 1

friday, october 22, 1999
Russ Sabin's Quote of the Week
"If you aren't cutting throats, you aren't getting a head."

Mike Riccio's Quote of the Week
At the TM4 team dinner, Mike offered this Quote for the week.
"I always try to get the best sperm."

Syphon Filter makes Top 5 in Jan - Aug per TRSTS Sales
In IGN.com's article about the Top Selling video games according to TRSTS Sales resports seen here Syphon Filter, with the run-from-it title, is the top selling Playstation game during this period. However, Mario and Pocket Monsters control the top 4 overall video games sales surpassing all of the PSX titles. Nintendo who has been price dumping N64's to make way for the new "Doshin" machine is seeing slight success with Pokemon. Pokemon, which is currently facing allegations that buying Pokemon cards is gambling, holds to the Top 2 spots during this TRST period. Jeff Rotter of Bandai argues, "That ain't nothing, dawg. Buying any Bandai game is a gamble."

You want excitement? wrestling news of the day
The Macho Man Randy Savage will be at Halloween Havoc. Savage will be at the event partially because the event is sponsored by Slim Jim. Savage will not be competing at the ppv. Macho may be on the way out

thursday, october 21, 1999

Ron Needs Help!
Someone buy his car so that I don't have to write these damn articles about the car (shown above) that he wants to buy. If you buy his car Ron promises to tell you why he always wears a hat.

Photos by Nikola Trifunovic
989 Studios San Diego had a 1 billion Sold Playstation party at the local Family Fun Center and the famed artist Nikola Trifunovic has pictures of the event. here. This feature can also be found in the Features section.

Jeff Ng's Birthday Today
[this story pulled]

Dreamcast VMU Animator by ron allen
It is a Dreamcast VMU Animation program that allows you to create your own VMU animations. All you have to do is make the animation, access SEGA Japan's website, upload it and then you will be able to log on with your dreamcast and download it to your VMU. You should check it out. They need something like this for the PocketStation...
Click here for Download

The Undertaker: Wrestling news of the day
Circuit: WWF The Undertaker may not be back until sometime after Royal Rumble. His groin injury is still keeping him sidelined. Undertaker may have a tough time coming backinto any serious angles when he does decide to comeback. His last angle took aver 5 months to develop

wednesday, october 20, 1999
Ron's Car STILL for Sale
You have to ask yourself, "How can someone still be selling a Camaro SS this long, when it's the best car ever made?" Believe it or not, Ron's Camaro is still for sale. If you have to have the best car ever made, than look no further because it's for sale here. Call or email Ron Allen quickly before this offer runs out. Don't get scammed by one of the regular Camaros, buy the real prince of power known as the camaro SS. This is an offer you can't afford to miss and if you do you will regret it for the rest of your life. So call now because Ron is standing by. For more information, check out his car for sale webpage is here.

Wilson Lee's Prelude for Sale by Jeff Ng
After all the publicity for Ron's Car, Wilson aka Prelude has decided that he is going to sell his car. It's a 1998 model, that is white with leather, alarm and fog lights. You can see it parked in the 989 parking lot with the writing around the license frame that says, "get in, sit down, shut up, & hold on". He is asking for $20K for his car, but experts believe only someone nicknamed "Prelude" would pay that much.

Strange news from Andy Wilson
Andy Wilson , famed Animator at 989 studios, is looking for a date to the prom. Anyone out there who needs an escort for their junior or senior prom should foward their request to 989 studios.

Nintendo's Doshin is Dead in Japan from FGNONLINE.COM
Industry: Japanese gamers are not overly excited about Nintendo's next-generation platform with only 5.1 percent of gamers who took part in a survey saying they'll buy it on the first day of release. Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu Weekly conducted the survey, which online sources have picked up on today. The figures are not good reading for Nintendo with a quarter of those surveyed waiting to see how Dolphin turns out before deciding on purchase. A good deal of this hesitancy can be explained by the company's reluctance to give firm details of the project. By far the largest percentage (38.1%) are hanging fire and answered "I don't know," when asked if they would purchase the system. As you would expect poor results for Nintendo mean the opposite for rival Sony. Despite misgivings about the price with over fifty percent thinking the tag is at least a "little" too high, a massive 34.3 percent said they would be parting with their cash for PlayStation2 on the day of release. Gamers, developers and distributors who were surveyed also unanimously voted Sony as number one after three years, placing Nintendo a very poor third behind Sega. With PlayStation2's Gran Turismo 2000 being the most hotly anticipated game the survey leaves no doubt, but it ain't no Twisted Metal 4 for the playstation.

The VGL is Video Game League from cnet.com
The Video Gamers League (VGL), the first nationwide league for video game players, has opened registration for its premier event. The event, which will take place in Dallas, Texas, on November 20 and 21, will feature tournaments for games from all three major consoles: Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, and PlayStation. In order to broaden the field, games of all types--from fighting and sports games to first-person shooters--will be included in the event.

Bill Goldberg Wrestling News of the Day
There is talk that since Goldberg wasn't supposed to touch Sid, but on last week's Nitro he turned around and speared him anyways, that their match at Halloween Havoc will no longer be a US title match and that Goldberg will pin him clean without getting the belt.

tuesday, october 19, 1999

The Secret to Julius' Success
We have had many success stories here at gamelord.org but none as impressive as Julius Willis rise from Jaffe's Dark Gun. Co-workers such as Greg Faccone speculate on his unethical approach to super stardom but all rumors remain rumors... Until Now. Due to this shocking and revealing photo, Julius has decided to come out of the closet and let the world know of his formula for success. One of the Producers of Twisted Metal 4 can be seen in the yellow shirt waiting to have Julius talk into the "mike". Julius has the biggest office at 989 Studios San Diego and can now only admit to the way he "worked" out his office arrangement. In his own defense, Willis argues, "I'm just a Philipino boy. I'm not accustomed to buildings, concrete and wires. Your world... it frightens me. This technology.. scares me." Previous stories reveal his film career and all of the answers to the many questions will be answered in the Julius Willis Interview.